 | Richard Munson - 2005 - 228 pages
...Batchelor fell ill from breathing mercury fumes, Jehl became the lab's chief technician. He later declared, "Edison is in reality a collective noun and means the work of many men."12 Edison, however, remained the lab's driving force, whose will and vision prompted continual... | |
 | Robert Holden, Ph.D. - 2008 - 410 pages
..."name" that won respect and commercial advantage. Francis Jehl, Edison's longtime assistant, said, "Edison is in reality a collective noun and means the work of many men."23 Edison's effect on science and society is astronomic. He is truly deserving of the old adage... | |
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... attorney Grosvenor Lowrey's office boy, young Francis Jehl was initially responsible for developing the lab's vacuum pump; his tedious efforts to extract air required ten hours for each bulb. After Batchelor fell ill from breathing mercury fumes,... 